Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unfulfilling

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.02 in modern English

Syllables: un-ful-fill-ing
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Not producing fulfillment or a sense of accomplishment; unsatisfying.

Example Sentences

"The work ethic . . . is most seriously challenged by the technological revolution, which (at least potentially) has abolished scarcity and has made many kinds of work unfulfilling or even unnecessary."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English fulfilling English unfulfilling From un- + fulfilling.

Inflected Forms

more unfulfilling (comparative) most unfulfilling (superlative)

Questions

What does unfulfilling mean?: Not producing fulfillment or a sense of accomplishment; unsatisfying.
Where does unfulfilling come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English fulfilling English unfulfilling From un- + fulfilling.

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